Neuroscience

Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals—not the signals themselves.

One question for Anna Machin, an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University.

I’ve created organoids that, surprisingly, have a lot to say about how the brain works.

What you can’t imagine clearly, you value less.

If the brain can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, what can?

The real meaning of near-death experiences.

High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.

Our neurocircuitry is profoundly shaped by a lifetime of learning.

Our sensory systems for hearing and touch overlap to stir a wealth of emotions.

One question for Raphaël Millière, philosopher of cognitive science at Columbia University.

We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question.

Consciousness is a continuous conversation between the feeling body and the knowing mind.

Will too much time in the virtual world impact how children develop in the real one?

We understand conscious experiences only in light of our nature as living creatures.

An aspiring cognitive scientist faces the sketchy truth about fMRI.